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Topic: Small cord auto-reel -- do they exist? (Read 350 times)

Things like my dremel tool have a long cord and I would like a desktop auto-reel that declutters my work bench. Any ideas of where I can find one? I have looked but I can only find very big ones meant for heavy duty type stuff such as this:

Get one of those retractable reels used for ID badges that people need to scan all the time (e.g. anyone working with prescriptions in hospitals or pharmacies). Attach it to an appropriate spot on the cord with a zip-tie.

Or you can go even simpler and zip-tie a string to it. Route the string over a eye hooks or pulleys and weight the other end. Same effect as a retractable reel.

Get one of those retractable reels used for ID badges that people need to scan all the time (e.g. anyone working with prescriptions in hospitals or pharmacies). Attach it to an appropriate spot on the cord with a zip-tie.

Or you can go even simpler and zip-tie a string to it. Route the string over a eye hooks or pulleys and weight the other end. Same effect as a retractable reel.

The dremel power cord is much bigger than that. I have an employee id zip badge but the entire thing is smaller than the piece of the cord that plugs into the wall! >.<

The tool is on a shelf above work bench at eye level and there is no space in the back behind it (the wall is behind it) otherwise that would work.